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    msmonicka    June 19, 2010   Milwaukee, Wisconsin

    Before I even started planning this wedding, I was into origami. When I was younger I especially use to love it. I knew somehow that I would incorporate it into the wedding somehow. So when I joined weddingbee back in June, I was excited to see that some other brides using the Kusudama fold for flowers.

    I decided that I would make these in varying sized to use in the wedding somehow. It takes 60 sheets of paper to make each ball. Each petal is a singel sheet of paper. Each flower is 5 petals. Each flower has a crystal in the middle.Here is the first one.....

     

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    sewing    July 2010   SF Bay Area / Oahu

    beautiful!! I love origami.  The patterned paper you used is very nice :)

     
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    msmonicka    June 19, 2010   Milwaukee, Wisconsin

    thanx penga

     
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    poodle    April 1, 2010   California / Planning Process in Chile

    Those are gorgeous!

     
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    moneypenny02    August 8, 2010   Los Angeles

    so beautiful!  What will this be used for?  Your bouquet?

     
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    sweetnote10    May 5, 2012   evansville, indiana

    I love this idea! May I ask what type of paper you used and where did you find this certain pattern?

     
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    zippylef    October 30, 2010   Norfolk, UK

    I like that you mixed the patterns. It looks really nice. I also like the little crystals. A bit of sparkle without going overboard.

     
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    crebre80    November 20, 2010   Baton Rouge, LA

    these are wonderful!!!!

     
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    Golden139    August 13, 2011   live in Texas, wedding in Michigan

    These are beautiful! You're really talented. How are you going to use them in your wedding?

     
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    jaybird12    September 6, 2014   Boston, MA

    I love Kusudama flowers! I made a bouquet of them for my bf's sister's wedding rehearsal this summer. I love those pomanders; I never thought of doing anything like that before.

     
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    ccranetobe    August 14, 2010  

    How many are you going to make?

    They look great!!

     
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    Chachacha    June 2010   Minneapolis, MN

    Wow, beautiful! You did a really great job!

     
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    pmerr    August 14, 2010   Rochester, NY

    It looks great! I really like it!

     
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    hermitcrab    June 2010   NYC

    those flowers are really great!

     
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    christalynn11    October 22, 2010   Arlington, WA

    I'm also doing these too - Quick question - What kind of glue are you using to make the pieces stick? I'm having a hard time finding anything (other than hot glue) that will work.  I'm not agaisnt hot glue but WOW its messy...

     
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    msmonicka    June 19, 2010   Milwaukee, Wisconsin

    Wowsers....I thought this post had died!! I used hot glue...not so messy if you pay attention to how much you use. I used scrapbook papers from Michaels. These will be used to hang over my candy buffet table.

    Thank you everyone for all the comments and compliments. I really, really apprecitate it.

     
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    Vitsippa    October 10, 2010  

    Wow! I like them! Very pretty and a nice personal touch.

     

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